When to Use Video Filters
With video effects, a little goes a long way. Carefully used, a video effect can set the mood and tone of your movie, enhancing your message. Applied haphazardly it can create an unwanted laugh-out-loud response from your viewer. Unfortunately, no video effect can compensate for poorly shoot footage. Unnecessary video effects applied to poorly shot footage will add clutter your message rather than enhancing it.
 1. To add a video effect you can A) double click a video clip in your project or B) hover your pointer over the beginning of your clip to reveal the sprocket icon. Clicking on this icon will reveal a drop down menu where you can select Clip Adjustments. |
 2. The clip inspector will open in the center of your frame. |
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3. The Video Effect button should say None. |
 4. Click the Video Effect button in the inspector, and it will open a palette of effects. The Effects thumbnail will be the first frame of your video clip. Skim you pointer over any of the effects to see a preview of the effect in the viewer. |
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5. Effects include flipping your footage 180 degrees, a carton effect, aged film, dream effect, black and white, X-ray and more. You can press the spacebar to play your clip, seeing the effect of the filter on your footage. |
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6. Once you have selected your preferred effect, click to choose it in the thumbnail palette. This will flip the palette back to the inspector. Click the done button to close the inspector window. You can immediately see the result of the effect by pressing the spacebar and watching your movie. |
iMovie Help Topics |
| iMovie interface map |
| Getting Started |
| Importing Video Files |
| Making the First Edit |
| Trimming Your Edit |
| Managing iMovie Audio |
| iMovie Transitions and Dissolves |
| iMovie Filters and Video Effects |
| Publishing your movie with iMovie (coming soon) |
© 2010 StoryGuide | Drew Keller
Make your own videos by downloading a season, opening the file in Windows Movie Maker, and mass producing clips by using storyboard and just dragging different sets of clips into a section that already has a title and credits with your link.